Social Watch • Economic crisis, finance and development: Views and proposals from Latin America and the Caribbean
By the end of 2009, it seemed necessary to take stock of the political and economic situation and of the different processes in which civil society has been actively involved, in order to provide input for debate and coordinate efforts for the construction of a new economic and financial model. For this purpose, a seminar-workshop was carried out on December 10 and 11 2009, within the framework of the MERCOSUR Summit of Presidents held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 8. Representatives of over 40 Latin American social organisations gathered in Montevideo in order to discuss and propose alternatives to the current...
